The Academic Staff Union of Universities, Sule Lamido University, Kafin Hausa Branch, has issued a two-week ultimatum to the Jigawa State Government to fully implement the 2025 ASUU-Federal Government agreement and pay all accrued arrears, or face industrial action from September 15, 2026.
The union also demanded the payment of outstanding allowances, annual increments, promotion arrears, third-party deductions and the release of the approved 2024/2025 Earned Academic Allowance.
The development comes amid similar demands by ASUU chapters in other universities across the country for the full implementation of the 2025 ASUU-FGN agreement, with several branches threatening industrial action over unpaid arrears and stalled promotions.
This was contained in a statement jointly signed by the Chairman and Secretary of ASUU-SLUK, Idris Chiromawa and Salisu Yunusa, respectively, and made available to journalists on Wednesday in Dutse, the Jigawa State capital.
According to the statement, the resolution was reached at a special congress held on Tuesday to review the implementation of the 2025 ASUU-FGN agreement.
“The Congress of ASUU-SLUK met on Tuesday, 1st September 2026, at the Faculty of Social and Management Sciences Lecture Theatre 2 to receive an update on the level of implementation of the 2025 ASUU-FGN agreement and review its earlier resolution,” the statement said.
The union said after thorough deliberations, it resolved to demand full implementation.
“We have issued a two-week ultimatum to the Jigawa State Government to fully implement the 2025 ASUU-FGN agreement and pay the accrued arrears from January 2026 to date,” the statement added.
It warned that failure by the government to comply would lead to industrial action from September 15.
“The congress will proceed on an industrial action effective from 15th September 2026 should the Government fail to implement the agreement,” it added.
The union demanded that the university be exempted from the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System, citing its lack of conformity with the peculiarities of the institution.
It further called on the government to remit all outstanding third-party deductions and reconsider its decision to reduce the 0.7 per cent deducted from the statutory two per cent Local Government Contribution to the university.
The lecturers also demanded the payment of all outstanding responsibility allowances due to entitled staff, annual increments owed since 2023 and promotion arrears outstanding since 2024.
The union also called for the release of the approved 2024/2025 Earned Academic Allowance.
Responding when contacted by our correspondent, the Jigawa State Commissioner for Higher Education, Prof. Yusuf Chamo, said the state government had only recently received a memo from the National Universities Commission regarding the Federal Government agreement.
“The state government had only just received the memo from the National Universities Commission regarding the Federal Government agreement this month of September.
“The government is yet to study the memo and incorporate the expenditures into the budget.
“The state government has the right to determine the sources of funding for its two universities,” Chamo stated.
He, however, assured that the government is open to dialogue to avoid any disruption.
He added that the administration of Governor Umar Namadi was committed to repositioning the state’s education sector.